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Syrian troops defecting to join opposition
AlJazeeraEnglish·Published on Apr 25, 2013
The Syrian town of Quaryatayn, north of Damascus, has become known among government troops as a defector's destination.
It acts as a corridor for those switching loyalties as the main roads from all sides of the country run through it.
Al Jazeera's Sue Turton went there to meet the latest soldiers to join the rebels' cause.
''...and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.''
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